Guest guest Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 After hearing from many of you about the side effects of flagyl, and checking with my LLMD, I stopped flagyl 1 week ago, and started 1200 mg/day of Sam-e for depression/anxiety. The darker part of the depression has lifted, but I have this unbearable anxiety left. The klonopin at night helps me sleep, but during the day it just makes me groggy and does not take away the anxiety. I started zoloft 25 mg yesterday and will work my way up, though not convinced this will help. I am just grabbing at anything that might make me feel better. There are some major issues/decisions going on my life that I would normally have some anxiety about, but this is off the chart, and making it so I cannot deal with those issues at all. It's a bad cycle- everytime I try to manage something, I get more anxious. When i get more anxious I can't deal with it. POssible the lyme or the flagyl excarbated the low level of anxiety I was already having, and now feeling I cannot get out of it. Has this happened to anyone? Any other ideas to manage it? Do you think acupuncture would help? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 I feel your pain. i have lyme, babesia and bartonella and my anxiety was crazy. I've been snowboarding for years, but this past season (early in the season) i would get to the top of the mountain and practically have a panic attack just thinking about going down. Once i just went for it, my skills kicked in and I rode just fine, but it was just rediculous that i was anxious about it. I also had severe moodiness and lyme rage. My LLMD recommended Neurofeedback (you can google it for good explanations). she has a neurofeedback trainer that works out of her office. This has been a miracle for me. After only a few treatments, my husband noticed a huge difference and said " omg, i have a normal wife again! " . You should look into it. It actually retrains your brain to not fire so many stress chemicals that cause the anxiety etc. I am glad that I had this option...the last thing i want to do is add more meds to my huge list of meds i take for treatment. Good luck! feel free to email me offline too S, Mount Arlington, NJ > > After hearing from many of you about the side effects of flagyl, and checking with my LLMD, I stopped flagyl 1 week ago, and started 1200 mg/day of Sam-e for depression/anxiety. The darker part of the depression has lifted, but I have this unbearable anxiety left. The klonopin at night helps me sleep, but during the day it just makes me groggy and does not take away the anxiety. I started zoloft 25 mg yesterday and will work my way up, though not convinced this will help. I am just grabbing at anything that might make me feel better. > There are some major issues/decisions going on my life that I would normally have some anxiety about, but this is off the chart, and making it so I cannot deal with those issues at all. It's a bad cycle- everytime I try to manage something, I get more anxious. When i get more anxious I can't deal with it. > POssible the lyme or the flagyl excarbated the low level of anxiety I was already having, and now feeling I cannot get out of it. > > Has this happened to anyone? Any other ideas to manage it? Do you think acupuncture would help? > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thanks I know about neurofeedback, and will consider looking more into it. I'd do just about anything to feel normal again. My husband is very supportive, but similar to what your husband said- he wants his old wife back. I am going to someone today to try EMDR. We'll see how that works. Dara > > > > After hearing from many of you about the side effects of flagyl, and checking with my LLMD, I stopped flagyl 1 week ago, and started 1200 mg/day of Sam-e for depression/anxiety. The darker part of the depression has lifted, but I have this unbearable anxiety left. The klonopin at night helps me sleep, but during the day it just makes me groggy and does not take away the anxiety. I started zoloft 25 mg yesterday and will work my way up, though not convinced this will help. I am just grabbing at anything that might make me feel better. > > There are some major issues/decisions going on my life that I would normally have some anxiety about, but this is off the chart, and making it so I cannot deal with those issues at all. It's a bad cycle- everytime I try to manage something, I get more anxious. When i get more anxious I can't deal with it. > > POssible the lyme or the flagyl excarbated the low level of anxiety I was already having, and now feeling I cannot get out of it. > > > > Has this happened to anyone? Any other ideas to manage it? Do you think acupuncture would help? > > > > Thanks > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 I had horrible anxiety attacks that just would not quit. Benzodiazepines were no help. I found that Seroquel 50 mg., while sedating, was extremely helpful for that out of your mind anxiety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Be careful. Seroquel caused me to gain weight fast. ________________________________ From: psydocmert <psydocmert@...> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 12:10:32 AM Subject: [ ] Re: unrelenting anxiety I had horrible anxiety attacks that just would not quit. Benzodiazepines were no help. I found that Seroquel 50 mg., while sedating, was extremely helpful for that out of your mind anxiety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Try Neurofeedback.... ________________________________ From: psydocmert <psydocmert@...> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 12:10:32 AM Subject: [ ] Re: unrelenting anxiety I had horrible anxiety attacks that just would not quit. Benzodiazepines were no help. I found that Seroquel 50 mg., while sedating, was extremely helpful for that out of your mind anxiety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 I found 50 mg of zoloft/setraline to be incredibly helpful for anxiety and panic attacks. I hope it helps you! > > After hearing from many of you about the side effects of flagyl, and checking with my LLMD, I stopped flagyl 1 week ago, and started 1200 mg/day of Sam-e for depression/anxiety. The darker part of the depression has lifted, but I have this unbearable anxiety left. The klonopin at night helps me sleep, but during the day it just makes me groggy and does not take away the anxiety. I started zoloft 25 mg yesterday and will work my way up, though not convinced this will help. I am just grabbing at anything that might make me feel better. > There are some major issues/decisions going on my life that I would normally have some anxiety about, but this is off the chart, and making it so I cannot deal with those issues at all. It's a bad cycle- everytime I try to manage something, I get more anxious. When i get more anxious I can't deal with it. > POssible the lyme or the flagyl excarbated the low level of anxiety I was already having, and now feeling I cannot get out of it. > > Has this happened to anyone? Any other ideas to manage it? Do you think acupuncture would help? > > Thanks > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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